Peony on Pewter Cake
Additional Information
Step 1
ICING COLOR TINTED:
Use Color Right base color and QuickCount color formula to tint icing in the following shade:
? Gray (formula 532.7): 4 cups icing + 20 BK
Step 2
Make peony three days in advance. Make one wired peony following instructions in peony cut-outs set. Let dry at least 24 hours.
Step 3
Make layered cake. Bake and cool two 8 in. cake layers.
Step 4
Assemble and ice cake. Tint icing gray. Level, fill and stack layers on cake pedestal, for a 2-layer cake, 4 in. high.
Use spatula and icing to ice cake smooth.
Step 5
Decorate cake.
Use hydrangea cut-out from gum paste flower set to imprint design around base of cake, with points on side touching. Dust cut-out with cornstarch between imprints as needed.
Use tip 5, a disposable decorating bag with coupler and gray icing to pipe four bead petals inside imprint. Use small end of veining tool to mark center of each petal. Pipe tip 5 dot flower center. Use tip 1 to pipe dots around imprinted flower.
Insert peony in flower spike. Insert flower spike in cake top.
Products
Color Right Performance Color System ((see Color Tinted below))
In Stock (ships in 1-2 business days)
4 cups Buttercream Icing Recipe (- or -)
cornstarch
8 cups of your Favorite cake recipe or mix
Products
Peony Gum Paste Cut-Outs Set ((small, medium and large peony cut-outs used))
In Stock (ships in 1-2 business days)
10-Pc. Fondant/Gum Paste Tool Set ((small veining tool, extra-small ball tool used))
In Stock (ships in 1-2 business days)
heavy-duty aluminum foil
floral wire and tape ((20-gauge [three 6 in. pieces used], 26-gauge [21 4-in. pieces used]))
Hot glue
1 1/2 in. craft foam ball
8 in. Round pan
Cake Pedestal
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags